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Abstract
MELISSA MORRIS………………………………………………………………………………3
Letter from the Editor
MARIA BAKARDJIEVA…………………………………………………………………………5
The Motley Editorial Team………………………………………………………………………..7
Meet the Authors…………………………………………………………………………………12
Research and Analytical Articles
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Indigenous Homelessness: On Social Problems and Silences in
Alberta News Media
ARESSANA CHALLAND……………………………………………………………………...16
Colin Kaepernick, Nike & Dreaming Crazy
MOHANA HOLLOWAY………………………………………………………………………..43
Night and Day: An Investigation of the Difference in International Response to the Syrian
Refugee Crisis vs. the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Through the Theoretical Lens of Constructivism
ASHA NENSHI NATHOO………………………………………………………………………57
The People vs. Megan Thee Stallion: Anti-Fandom, Spreadable Misogynoir, and Faux Fandom
DEMILADE ODUSOLA………………………………………………………………………...71
Dungeons and Dragons and the Critical Failure: A Thematic Analysis of the TTRPG
Community’s Reception of the Leaked OGL 1.1
LUKE PYE………………………………………………………………………………………83
The Algorithmic Bias of Social Media
DAMAN PREET SINGH………………………………………………………………………109
Anishinaabe Art on Social Media: Viewer’s Comments and a Measure of Cultural Literacy
TAYLOR VAN EYK……………………………………………………………………………119
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Creative Articles
I Was There Too: A Visual Ethnography and Analysis on Meaningful Inefficiencies, Data
Colonialism, and Digital Parasites Using Facebook Messengers Video-Chat Feature
NATASHA BODNARCHUK…………………………………………………………………..130
The Media-Verse: Mainstream Media’s Discourse on Meta’s Metaverse
MADISON DANIELS………………………………………………………………………….144
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